Process for making unit strips



March 2, 1948.

A. L. HESS ET AL PROCESS FOR MAKING UNIT STRIPS Filed Dec. 29, 1945 l I This reverses rests ifor the manufacture of unit strip assemb1ies,and to a newgarticle of manufacture reterred to here- Patented Mar. 2, 1948 V FOR MAKINGYUNIT s'rrnrs L. Hess, Milford, andHoward G. Denyven, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignors to Ditto, Incorporated, Chicago. .I ll., a corporation of West 1' Vir inia in as a sheet assembly; fromwhich aplurality'of unit strip assemblies may be formed.

7. By the term' funit strip assembly is meant a plurality. of sheets or strips 7 arranged in over- -.lapping;relationship in one direction so that a top or bottom edge of ;each;,is exposed. ,The sheets or.- strips are secured to each alongone or both of their aligned side. edges.

511011 a unit. strip assembly has been found to be of considerable-utility in bookkeeping, ac-

counting, or other business systems. The group t strips or sheets in any unit strip assembly can;

be handled asa unit, and the overlappingrelationship provides an: exposed portion. of each sheetvupon which matter may be duplicated.

For example, each strip 7 of the .assembly a maybe provided with printed matter so that it willcon-p,

stitutea blank check; the payees name and the amount to be paidwould then be filled in. at the im os w d e port on i e s p by. a d li ing process. Thus a plurality of checks maybe filled in by one duplicating operation from a: master-sheetwhich. contains the names .and

amounts in tabular form.

Theunit strips may be secured toeach other by means of an adhesive which has been applied in sufliciently small quantities as to permit easy separation of the topstrip from the assembly.

other forms, the adhesive may be. of a more ..binding nature,- andthe sheet may be provided 1 with ,a score line or perforated line parallel to its :side edge which permits the separationjof the.

sheetproper from the stub. 1 p

'Vario ethods of making these unit strip assemblieshave been proposed, some of which are premised upon the use of fairly costly machinery,

and others otwhich arebased on manual oper-.

ations. 1 H

Reference is hereby made. to the cope'nding application of HowardG- Denyven. Arthur L.

Hess and Edward R..Hess, Serial No. 508,422, filed October 30,: 1943, whichv discloses a devicefor.

facilitating the manual 'assembly of unit strips. The present invention relatesto an improved 'method' for, manually assembling unit strips,

which improved method is also considerably o facilitated by the, use o fth'e device 'discloseclin the. aforementioned.application. 1

topro- It 18 a primary object of this invention vide a method whereby asingle assembly opera- -tionwill assembles whole group of unit strip, as- .semblies.;,

toanj. improved method object is attained by the provision of a plurality of sheets, each one of which is scored ,or partially severed so as to form a. plurality of strips. .flhus. when these sheets are assembled in overlapping relationship, and then glued together at the side marginalportions, the result, in effeet, will be a single assembly of sheets in which the sheets are considerably larger than separate strips of ,the usual unit strip assembly. However,

ete tothe fact that each sheet is already partially severed into several strips, the sheet assembly as a whole may be broken up into a plurality of smaller. unit strip assemblies.

For instance, when the sheet is provided with :15 ijsipiummy .of slits which extend out to the side marginalportions, thus dividing each sheet into a plurality of strips which are connected to their adjacent strips of the same sheet at the side marginalportion, the separate unit strip assemblies areconnected to each other only by the sideimarginal portions of each sheet. This connect'ing link may easily be broken to form a plu- V rality of unit strip assemblies.

With reference now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals designate like parts- Fig. 1 is an elevation of a preferred form of this lhventionQvariOus portions of the overlying sheets being broken awayin order to show in detail the construction thereof and to illustrate the improved method which forms'the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side: elevation of the sheet assembly shown in Fig. l, the lateral dimension being considerably exaggerated in order to show more clearly the manner in which the sheet assembly may be broken upon into a plurality of unit strip assemblies. 7

' Fig. 3is an elevation of one of the sheets used Iinmaking up the unit sheet assembly shown in 1; v r

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail showing "certain structural features of the sheet shown in Fig.

3; andv Fig 51s a view of a unlt strip assembly. With reference now to Figs. 1 and 2, the reference numerals I0, I I, l2, l3 and I4 designate the separate overlapping sheets of the sheet assembly shown therein, the sheet In is provided witha plurality of slits As shown in Figs. 3 and 4,

The result is afsheet assembly'suchast'hat shown transverse edges fesaf 4 l5 which divide the sheet into strips Illa, b, lllc time consumption, is that of arranging separate and Id. The slits are formed transversely of strips in overlapping relationship. By the meththe sheet and extend up to a marginal portion l6. od described herein;a group of four, six weight, In other words, they terminate about a quarter or any desired number, of unit strip assemblies of an inch from the side edges of the sheet. The 5 may be arranged in overlapping relationship by side marginal portions l6 may be separated from one operation. Thus the assembly cost is rethe remainderiofwthe"sheetby*a'rseiresfidififlffo- .fdiiceilftotaftourtmlassiiitmfortantighth, respecrations i'btvhich are para1lel"tothesideedges I 8 "*itivelm' df thecost of a'ss'emblin'gi'tirenr'slngly. The and spaced about a quarter of an inch therefrom. final step in the process is that of separating the The marginal portions [6 may be weakened in the resheet assembly into a plurality of unit strip astransverse direction by a series otsperforations ;-.-.semblies; andsthis may be done very quickly and H! which are aligned with the slits l5. Thusfthe at-a very lowcost. strip Illa may be separated"from the 'rntainder "iln some instahces, it may be desirable from a of the sheet I 0 by a slighfipuil'i gfi fhis caus'es viewpoint 'fif easeof handling, to sell the unit the rupture of the marginal portions ib a'long "'strip=assenibliesirr groups. That is, the sheet asthe perforations i9. sembly itslfis 'df"considerable commercial value, p In the manufacture ofiafunitastriptassenibly, sand sthe gpiirchaser may then remove separate such as that shown in Fig. 5, which comprises unit strip assemblies as the occasion demands. five superimposed strips arranged in overlapping Although only a preferred embodiment of this relationship. five sheets l0, ll, I2, 13 and M, each invention has been shown and'describedherein, of which is =-identiea1 to sheet I B,- are"*arranged it -will be understood that warious mwifications in overlapping relationship, with their "side-*e*dges and cl-ianges may be made tlrrein'WithouWde- H8 in alignmehtwith each other. 'It wilF-benoted parting from 'the spirlt ef' -tlrei inventionras dein *Fig. "1, that this} arrangement provides exfined' by-themppended posed edge po'rtions'ZilA at'thetop of -eaicirrif the 33 We claim: "sheets; As these sheets'are assembled. aihesive, lfi Tl-"le metlrdcbtmanufacturingmnit strinasindicated by the dotted 1 lines andi'the irefere'nce sembliesfrom a plurality bfisheets *provided=with numeral 2 l,in"Fijg-.-- 4, may beapplied toth ma corrspondirigly spacd transverse score lines or girialportions. The marginalportionsmreitiien "the like comprising the steps 0 earrangiri'g said pressed together-and 'theadhesive allowed to -set. e sheets in 'overlappirrg riation'sh-tpso aka *the shtsteitenwbeyoiitf'the in Figs. 1 arid 2. I -corresponding dgeiof sina(13acent sheetfiaiid' so Inasmuch" as" the d'i'fierent' strips of each -slreet that the longitudinally eicteiiding edges of said are'connected-with -each other only=f-through the sheets are aligns? heeachother securing the rrlarginal portions 1 l B,it will "beseen thavstripsrsfi "marginal p'orti'ons v is saiti sheets to eah-"other i-Ea, Ila, 12a, i3a==arid Mm'may be readil sepa- "along =slid' *longlttfdhially"extending edgea to ratedfrom the remainder of the sheet assernbly form a' sheetassemblyy and separating:isaid thet merely by a slight pull. "These 'sh'eets,"collecassembly 'into a irluraiity'tf unit stripsasseniblies tively designated =b'y' the 'reference nifmeral A, =bysevering eaeh sheetalong sai'd transverse constitute annit strip assembly;sincathey' areptio"scoredines which are so spaeed romseahs'othr arranged iii-"the required overlapping *rlationthat the transversee'dgesmf saidnnit fstrip asship and "are connected together at theirfmar- SlIlEH8S beEtI the?samerovei'lappmg arelationship ginal portions. similarlyfun'itStripassembIy B to 'eah otheri'ast d thei-transversetedges ofBraid may be separated from theremaihderofi-the sheet 'sheet asseiiibly. assemblygan'd' then unit"stiip assembly Cmay" be 2. The--nithod: crmaaiiraemnng unifistriptasseparated from unit"strip assembly D The sembii'es from -a plurality of theets providtl mth spaces between'the linesdesignatingthe vari'ons equally spaced transverse sc'ore -mes o the like, strips in Fig. 2 indicate the line of cleavage becomprising thestepsdfiarranginga id sheets in tween thewarious unit stripasseniblies. overlapping relation"shipy so. thsit those edges "After the unit strip assembly xhas beerrsepa which'fare: parallel?to said?transverse score lines rated, if it is "desired for "convenience in han- "extefi d beyond the -correspmiding-idge rammedling, that the *separatesheets of themr'fitstrip :jac'ent: sheetxarfd so that? lthosetedgeswhlch are assembly be secured to each other only at one 'fperp'en di'crilar to sa'ld transverserscore -iinesasre sidemarginarportionj the opposite'"marginal"poralig'nd with jach o'therfise'cuflngithermarmal tions 1 5 Whitrh2.i irf the ,fOlh'Fbf afstiiliZZ, may' portionsfstifi shets to efihiiit her alpi lgrsfd "be separated "from the unitfstrip *aSsenilEily fA aligned edges to form ar'shet assemblyi-aficrsepaalong the series ref. perforations .fl. THet'iib ZS ratin'g said sheet ass'eniblwdnto a piurafity of serves to" hold the f separate sheets of f'the'unit unit strip assemblies by tearifigralong said-Tscore stri assemblytogether, :aiid each'sheet maybe lines.

" a e I assemblies froma plurality of sheets comprising It'isobvious tli'atfinstead ofdivid'ingeaich sheet tthe steps of slittin'g 'the:eentral"portion of each into separate strip portions by the combination sheetealong correspofid'higlyfspaced transverse 'ofslits i5 and theseries'iofperforations i9, that, -"'*iines-tot-provideeaifimra liiiy hfistrips wfnch are a continuousseries "of'perforations*alonemmfbe" "connected *to eathfothertat their side margmal provided. Furthermore, other well known forms portionsfiarrangirrgrsaid"sheetsfliiith theiittransof weakening"o -partiallyseveringfpaper may be ""verseedges in overlapping rlationsfiip aifd with employed. their1(irigitudifiifllyf'ilteridifig dges' fiffigridiyvlth In certain instances, it may be desirbbie 'to eea'ch other;securingsaid'fmarginalrporticms -pf omit the series of *perforationsl Ifirr' which vent 0 sard 'sheets to 'each otherlto "form a 'she'etrasthe 'to'p-'strip-' "of aiiyi unit stripasse'mb'lwmay be sembly, and separatfrigsa'frl"Shetasseiirbhf into'a "removed 'm'erely-by breaking th=boiid proyidd by "plura lity fof uiiit "'stripeasseniblies by tearing said thetfdhesive spots 2i. marginar port-ionssatipbintsropposit thus-"slits.

hr the marilifabttil e fifiunit ti i p dsseh ifilies, 4;fiA shet dssfilbly dompi ismg a. flllitility f *the co'stliest operati6n, irom the staifdpiint iii 7 sheets, each having correspondingly spaeed transverse score lines or the like, said sheets being arranged in overlapping relationship so that the transverse edges of said sheets extend beyond the corresponding edge of an adjacent sheet, and so that the longitudinally extending edges of said sheets are aligned with each other, and means for securing the marginal portions of said sheets to each other along one of said aligned edges.

5. A sheet assembly comprising a plurality of sheets, the central portions of which are slitted along correspondingly spaced transverse lines to provide a plurality of strips which are connected to each other at their side marginal portions, said strips being arranged with their transverse edges in overlapping relationship, and with their longitudinally extending edges aligned with each other, and means for securing said sheets to each other along at least one of said marginal portions.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 462,627 Cussons Nov. 3, 1891 2,184,987 Carpenter et al. Dec. 26, 1939 

